diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 275cd5b133..c4015220dc 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -98,11 +98,15 @@ script:
   - (cd /tmp/travis/nondockertestgeomapfish/; ./docker-run rm /build/c2ctemplate-cache.json)
   - "(cd /tmp/travis/nondockertestgeomapfish/; \
       ./docker-run make --makefile=empty-vars.mk geoportal/config.yaml)"
-  - (cd /tmp/travis/nondockertestgeomapfish/; ./docker-run make --makefile=travis.mk alembic.ini)
-  - (cd /tmp/travis/nondockertestgeomapfish/; ./docker-run alembic --name=main upgrade head)
-  - (cd /tmp/travis/nondockertestgeomapfish/; ./docker-run alembic --name=static upgrade head)
-  - (cd /tmp/travis/nondockertestgeomapfish/; ./docker-run alembic --name=static downgrade base)
-  - (cd /tmp/travis/nondockertestgeomapfish/; ./docker-run alembic --name=main downgrade base)
+  - (cd /tmp/travis/nondockertestgeomapfish/; ./docker-run make --makefile=travis.mk geoportal/alembic.ini)
+  - "(cd /tmp/travis/nondockertestgeomapfish/; \
+      ./docker-run alembic --config=geoportal/alembic.ini --name=main upgrade head)"
+  - "(cd /tmp/travis/nondockertestgeomapfish/; \
+      ./docker-run alembic --config=geoportal/alembic.ini --name=static upgrade head)"
+  - "(cd /tmp/travis/nondockertestgeomapfish/; \
+      ./docker-run alembic --config=geoportal/alembic.ini --name=static downgrade base)"
+  - "(cd /tmp/travis/nondockertestgeomapfish/; \
+      ./docker-run alembic --config=geoportal/alembic.ini --name=main downgrade base)"
   ## END FOR NON DOCKER TESTS
   - ./docker-run make doc
 
diff --git a/Jenkinsfile b/Jenkinsfile
index 71f3f15c3b..c6b9b8a819 100644
--- a/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/Jenkinsfile
@@ -153,12 +153,12 @@ dockerBuild {
                         -name \\*.py | xargs travis/squote'''
                     sh '(cd ${HOME}/workspace/testgeomapfish/; ./docker-run travis/status.sh)'
                     sh '(cd ${HOME}/workspace/testgeomapfish/; ./docker-run make --makefile=empty-vars.mk geoportal/config.yaml)'
-                    sh '(cd ${HOME}/workspace/testgeomapfish/; ./docker-run make --makefile=travis.mk alembic.ini)'
+                    sh '(cd ${HOME}/workspace/testgeomapfish/; ./docker-run make --makefile=travis.mk geoportal/alembic.ini)'
                     try {
-                        sh '(cd ${HOME}/workspace/testgeomapfish/; ./docker-compose-run alembic --name=main upgrade head)'
-                        sh '(cd ${HOME}/workspace/testgeomapfish/; ./docker-compose-run alembic --name=static upgrade head)'
-                        sh '(cd ${HOME}/workspace/testgeomapfish/; ./docker-compose-run alembic --name=static downgrade base)'
-                        sh '(cd ${HOME}/workspace/testgeomapfish/; ./docker-compose-run alembic --name=main downgrade base)'
+                        sh '(cd ${HOME}/workspace/testgeomapfish/; ./docker-compose-run alembic --config=geoportal/alembic.ini --name=main upgrade head)'
+                        sh '(cd ${HOME}/workspace/testgeomapfish/; ./docker-compose-run alembic --config=geoportal/alembic.ini --name=static upgrade head)'
+                        sh '(cd ${HOME}/workspace/testgeomapfish/; ./docker-compose-run alembic --config=geoportal/alembic.ini --name=static downgrade base)'
+                        sh '(cd ${HOME}/workspace/testgeomapfish/; ./docker-compose-run alembic --config=geoportal/alembic.ini --name=main downgrade base)'
                     } catch (Exception error) {
                         sh '(cd ${HOME}/workspace/testgeomapfish/; docker-compose --file=docker-compose-build.yaml logs)'
                         throw error
diff --git a/geoportal/c2cgeoportal_geoportal/scaffolds/create/+dot+gitignore_tmpl b/geoportal/c2cgeoportal_geoportal/scaffolds/create/+dot+gitignore_tmpl
index 84db93d206..0d8e4b8469 100644
--- a/geoportal/c2cgeoportal_geoportal/scaffolds/create/+dot+gitignore_tmpl
+++ b/geoportal/c2cgeoportal_geoportal/scaffolds/create/+dot+gitignore_tmpl
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ __pycache__/
 /project.yaml
 /docker-compose.yaml
 /docker-compose-build.yaml
-/alembic.yaml
+/geoportal/alembic.yaml
 /testdb/11-schemas.sql
 /testdb/12-alembic.sql
 /testdb/13-alembic-static.sql
diff --git a/geoportal/c2cgeoportal_geoportal/scaffolds/create/docker-compose.yaml.mako b/geoportal/c2cgeoportal_geoportal/scaffolds/create/docker-compose.yaml.mako
index f9f8430a88..26749019a6 100644
--- a/geoportal/c2cgeoportal_geoportal/scaffolds/create/docker-compose.yaml.mako
+++ b/geoportal/c2cgeoportal_geoportal/scaffolds/create/docker-compose.yaml.mako
@@ -66,6 +66,15 @@ ${service_defaults('tilecloudchain')}\
       - /var/sig:/var/sig:ro
 ${service_defaults('geoportal', 8080)}\
 
+  alembic:
+    image: ${docker_base}-geoportal:${docker_tag}
+    command:
+      - alembic
+      - --name=static
+      - upgrade
+      - head
+${service_defaults('geoportal', 80)}\
+
   front:
     image: haproxy:1.8
     volumes_from:
diff --git a/geoportal/c2cgeoportal_geoportal/scaffolds/create/geoportal/+dot+dockerignore_tmpl b/geoportal/c2cgeoportal_geoportal/scaffolds/create/geoportal/+dot+dockerignore_tmpl
index 1de7eaac11..55209ccd93 100644
--- a/geoportal/c2cgeoportal_geoportal/scaffolds/create/geoportal/+dot+dockerignore_tmpl
+++ b/geoportal/c2cgeoportal_geoportal/scaffolds/create/geoportal/+dot+dockerignore_tmpl
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 *
 !alembic.ini
+!alembic.yaml
 !config.yaml
 !eval_templates.sh
 !production.ini
diff --git a/geoportal/c2cgeoportal_geoportal/scaffolds/create/alembic.ini b/geoportal/c2cgeoportal_geoportal/scaffolds/create/geoportal/alembic.ini
similarity index 100%
rename from geoportal/c2cgeoportal_geoportal/scaffolds/create/alembic.ini
rename to geoportal/c2cgeoportal_geoportal/scaffolds/create/geoportal/alembic.ini
diff --git a/geoportal/c2cgeoportal_geoportal/scaffolds/nondockercreate/+dot+gitignore_tmpl b/geoportal/c2cgeoportal_geoportal/scaffolds/nondockercreate/+dot+gitignore_tmpl
index 33cf2ee95d..8baa5065fe 100644
--- a/geoportal/c2cgeoportal_geoportal/scaffolds/nondockercreate/+dot+gitignore_tmpl
+++ b/geoportal/c2cgeoportal_geoportal/scaffolds/nondockercreate/+dot+gitignore_tmpl
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ __pycache__/
 /docker-compose.yaml
 /docker-compose-build.yaml
 /admin/
-/alembic.yaml
+/geoportal/alembic.yaml
 /testdb/11-schemas.sql
 /testdb/12-alembic.sql
 /testdb/13-alembic-static.sql
diff --git a/geoportal/c2cgeoportal_geoportal/scaffolds/nondockercreate/deploy/hooks/pre-restore-database.mako b/geoportal/c2cgeoportal_geoportal/scaffolds/nondockercreate/deploy/hooks/pre-restore-database.mako
index 163b0eb84c..7ad1b4d44b 100755
--- a/geoportal/c2cgeoportal_geoportal/scaffolds/nondockercreate/deploy/hooks/pre-restore-database.mako
+++ b/geoportal/c2cgeoportal_geoportal/scaffolds/nondockercreate/deploy/hooks/pre-restore-database.mako
@@ -37,5 +37,5 @@ psql -c 'GRANT ALL ON SCHEMA "${schema_static}" TO "${dbuser}";' ${db}
 psql -c 'GRANT ALL ON ALL TABLES IN SCHEMA "${schema_static}" TO "${dbuser}";' ${db}
 psql -c 'ALTER TABLE main_static.shorturl OWNER TO "www-data";' ${db}
 
-./docker-run make --makefile=$TARGET.mk alembic.ini alembic.yaml
+./docker-run make --makefile=$TARGET.mk geoportal/alembic.ini geoportal/alembic.yaml
 ./docker-run alembic --name=static upgrade head
diff --git a/geoportal/c2cgeoportal_geoportal/scaffolds/nondockercreate/nondocker-override.mk b/geoportal/c2cgeoportal_geoportal/scaffolds/nondockercreate/nondocker-override.mk
index b2085b50e6..32481e1ac4 100644
--- a/geoportal/c2cgeoportal_geoportal/scaffolds/nondockercreate/nondocker-override.mk
+++ b/geoportal/c2cgeoportal_geoportal/scaffolds/nondockercreate/nondocker-override.mk
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ CONF_FILES += $(shell ls -1 apache/*.conf 2> /dev/null) $(CONF_FILES_MAKO:.mako=
 DEFAULT_BUILD_RULES ?= docker-build-geoportal \
 	docker-build-config \
 	project.yaml \
-	alembic.ini \
-	alembic.yaml
+	geoportal/alembic.ini \
+	geoportal/alembic.yaml
 
 TILECLOUD_CHAIN ?= TRUE
 ifeq ($(TILECLOUD_CHAIN), TRUE)
diff --git a/geoportal/c2cgeoportal_geoportal/scaffolds/nondockerupdate/+dot+upgrade.yaml_tmpl b/geoportal/c2cgeoportal_geoportal/scaffolds/nondockerupdate/+dot+upgrade.yaml_tmpl
index 2b3d28e034..8ecbf99ae0 100644
--- a/geoportal/c2cgeoportal_geoportal/scaffolds/nondockerupdate/+dot+upgrade.yaml_tmpl
+++ b/geoportal/c2cgeoportal_geoportal/scaffolds/nondockerupdate/+dot+upgrade.yaml_tmpl
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ files_to_move:
     to: vars.yaml
     version: 2.3
   - from: alembic.ini.mako
-    to: alembic.ini
+    to: geoportal/alembic.ini
     version: 2.3
   - from: docker-compose.yml.mako
     to: docker-compose.yaml.mako
@@ -167,3 +167,6 @@ files_to_move:
   - from: front/haproxy.cfg
     to: front/haproxy.cfg.tmpl
     version: 2.3
+  - from: alembic.ini
+    to: geoportal/alembic.ini
+    version: 2.3
diff --git a/geoportal/c2cgeoportal_geoportal/scaffolds/update/+dot+upgrade.yaml_tmpl b/geoportal/c2cgeoportal_geoportal/scaffolds/update/+dot+upgrade.yaml_tmpl
index c41e56dd88..6a3cc44dee 100644
--- a/geoportal/c2cgeoportal_geoportal/scaffolds/update/+dot+upgrade.yaml_tmpl
+++ b/geoportal/c2cgeoportal_geoportal/scaffolds/update/+dot+upgrade.yaml_tmpl
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ files_to_move:
     to: Makefile
     version: 2.3
   - from: alembic.ini.mako
-    to: alembic.ini
+    to: geoportal/alembic.ini
     version: 2.3
   - from: docker-compose.yml.mako
     to: docker-compose.yaml.mako
@@ -204,3 +204,6 @@ files_to_move:
   - from: front/haproxy.cfg
     to: front/haproxy.cfg.tmpl
     version: 2.3
+  - from: alembic.ini
+    to: geoportal/alembic.ini
+    version: 2.3
diff --git a/geoportal/c2cgeoportal_geoportal/scaffolds/update/CONST_Makefile_tmpl b/geoportal/c2cgeoportal_geoportal/scaffolds/update/CONST_Makefile_tmpl
index 044270e7c5..fb650f57e5 100644
--- a/geoportal/c2cgeoportal_geoportal/scaffolds/update/CONST_Makefile_tmpl
+++ b/geoportal/c2cgeoportal_geoportal/scaffolds/update/CONST_Makefile_tmpl
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ WEB_RULE ?= $(DEFAULT_WEB_RULE)
 DEFAULT_BUILD_RULES ?= docker-build-geoportal \
 	docker-build-config \
 	project.yaml \
-	alembic.ini \
-	alembic.yaml \
+	geoportal/alembic.ini \
+	geoportal/alembic.yaml \
 	docker-compose.yaml \
 	docker-compose-build.yaml
 
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ checks: flake8 $(CLIENT_CHECK_RULE) git-attributes yamllint spell
 git-attributes:
 	git --no-pager diff --check `git log --oneline | tail -1 | cut --fields=1 --delimiter=' '`
 
-YAML_FILES ?= $(filter-out ./tilegeneration/config.yaml ./geoportal/config.yaml ./alembic.yaml,$(shell find \
+YAML_FILES ?= $(filter-out ./tilegeneration/config.yaml ./geoportal/config.yaml ./geoportal/alembic.yaml,$(shell find \
 	-name .build -prune -or \
 	-name cgxp -prune -or \
 	-name node_modules -prune -or \
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ clean: template-clean
 		$(OUTPUT_DIR)/ \
 		$(APP_OUTPUT_DIR)/ \
 		geoportal/$(PACKAGE)_geoportal/locale/$(PACKAGE)-*.pot \
-		alembic.yaml \
+		geoportal/alembic.yaml \
 		.UPGRADE* \
 		mapcache \
 		$(addprefix geoportal/$(PACKAGE)_geoportal/locale/, $(addsuffix /LC_MESSAGES/$(PACKAGE)_geoportal-$(L10N_CLIENT_POSTFIX).mo, $(LANGUAGES))) \
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ build-cgxp: $(JSBUILD_OUTPUT_FILES) $(CSS_CGXP_OUTPUT)
 lint-ngeo: /build/eslint.timestamp
 
 .PHONY: upgrade-db
-upgrade-db: alembic.ini alembic.yaml
+upgrade-db: geoportal/alembic.ini geoportal/alembic.yaml
 	alembic --name=main upgrade head
 	alembic --name=static upgrade head
 
@@ -708,7 +708,7 @@ push-docker:
 	docker push $(DOCKER_BASE)-geoportal:$(DOCKER_TAG)
 	docker push $(DOCKER_BASE)-mapserver:$(DOCKER_TAG)
 
-alembic.yaml: $(ALEMBIC_YAML_FILE) vars.yaml CONST_vars.yaml
+geoportal/alembic.yaml: $(ALEMBIC_YAML_FILE) vars.yaml CONST_vars.yaml
 	$(PRERULE_CMD)
 	c2c-template --vars $< --get-config /build/_alembic.yaml srid schema schema_static sqlalchemy.url cache
 	mv /build/_alembic.yaml $@
@@ -721,13 +721,13 @@ testdb/11-schemas.sql: $(ALEMBIC_YAML_FILE) testdb/11-schemas.sql_mako vars.yaml
 		--files testdb/11-schemas.sql.mako
 	rm testdb/11-schemas.sql.mako
 
-testdb/12-alembic.sql: alembic.ini alembic.yaml $(shell ls -1 /opt/alembic/main/*.py)
+testdb/12-alembic.sql: geoportal/alembic.ini geoportal/alembic.yaml $(shell ls -1 /opt/alembic/main/*.py)
 	$(PRERULE_CMD)
-	alembic --name=main upgrade --sql head > $@
+	alembic --config=$< --name=main upgrade --sql head > $@
 
-testdb/13-alembic-static.sql: alembic.ini alembic.yaml $(shell ls -1 /opt/alembic/static/*.py)
+testdb/13-alembic-static.sql: geoportal/alembic.ini geoportal/alembic.yaml $(shell ls -1 /opt/alembic/static/*.py)
 	$(PRERULE_CMD)
-	alembic --name=static upgrade --sql head > $@
+	alembic --config=$< --name=static upgrade --sql head > $@
 
 .PHONY: docker-build-testdb
 docker-build-testdb: testdb/11-schemas.sql testdb/12-alembic.sql testdb/13-alembic-static.sql \
diff --git a/geoportal/c2cgeoportal_geoportal/scripts/c2cupgrade.py b/geoportal/c2cgeoportal_geoportal/scripts/c2cupgrade.py
index fd9ede953c..d6f5084dc8 100644
--- a/geoportal/c2cgeoportal_geoportal/scripts/c2cupgrade.py
+++ b/geoportal/c2cgeoportal_geoportal/scripts/c2cupgrade.py
@@ -645,8 +645,8 @@ def step11(self, step):
         check_call(["make", "--makefile=" + self.options.new_makefile, "build"])
 
         if self.options.nondocker:
-            command.upgrade(Config("alembic.ini", ini_section="main"), "head")
-            command.upgrade(Config("alembic.ini", ini_section="static"), "head")
+            command.upgrade(Config("geoportal/alembic.ini", ini_section="main"), "head")
+            command.upgrade(Config("geoportal/alembic.ini", ini_section="static"), "head")
 
             args = " --makefile={}".format(self.options.makefile) \
                 if self.options.makefile != "Makefile" else ""
diff --git a/travis/create-new-nondocker-project.sh b/travis/create-new-nondocker-project.sh
index c2403d3e65..eb34badd12 100755
--- a/travis/create-new-nondocker-project.sh
+++ b/travis/create-new-nondocker-project.sh
@@ -44,14 +44,14 @@ sudo a2enmod fcgid
 # Minimal build
 ./docker-run make --makefile=travis.mk \
     build \
-    alembic.ini \
-    alembic.yaml \
+    geoportal/alembic.ini \
+    geoportal/alembic.yaml \
     geoportal/production.ini \
     geoportal/config.yaml \
     docker-compose-build.yaml docker-build-testdb
 FINALISE=TRUE make --makefile=travis.mk build
-./docker-run alembic --name=main upgrade head
-./docker-run alembic --name=static upgrade head
+./docker-run alembic --config=geoportal/alembic.ini --name=main upgrade head
+./docker-run alembic --config=geoportal/alembic.ini --name=static upgrade head
 # Create default theme
 ./docker-run /build/venv/bin/python /usr/local/bin/create-demo-theme
 ./docker-run make --makefile=travis.mk update-po